Is Autism Becoming Fashionable?
Is Autism Becoming Fashionable?
What do you think? Has Autism graduated from being called, "Psycho" and "Retarded" a few decades ago to being something to show off now?
When you say your child’s autistic, the first question you get asked is, “What’s their talent?” And it’s galling. In the last decade, having autism has almost become fashionable. There are celebrities who think it’s cool to say they’re a bit Aspergic.The visible autistic children are the ones at mainstream schools, who are living at home, and who have their difficulties, but there’s a huge tranche of children who aren’t like that." Ref.
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